Women’s Suffrage Booklist & Database Resources for Teens

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Cerritos Library Baker, Jean H. SISTERS: THE LIVES OF AMERICA’S SUFFRAGISTS (2005) This book discusses how the lives of Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Frances Willard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul have changed America forever. (NON FICTION JK 1896 B35 2005)

Bingham, Jane. WOMEN AT WAR: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA, WORLD WAR I AND WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE (2011) Describes what life was like for American women from 1900 to 1920, discussing such aspects as family life, activities outside the home, working life, their role in World War I, gaining the right to vote, and minority women's lives. (NON FICTION HQ 1419 B56 2011)

Blackwell, Alice Stone. LUCY STONE: PIONEER OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS (2001) The author published this biography about her mother a decade after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. This biography discusses an important era in women's history. (BIOG STONE)

Cassidy, Tina. MR. PRESIDENT, HOW LONG MUST WE WAIT? (2019) The relationship between President Woodrow Wilson and suffragist leader Alice Paul will be examined in this book, revealing the life- risking measures that Alice Paul and her supporters endured to gain voting rights for women. (JK 1899 P38 C37 2019)

Conkling, Winifred. VOTES FOR WOMEN!: AMERICAN SUFFRAGISTS AND THE BATTLE FOR THE BALLOT (2018) AR: 12.0; BL: 8.5; Relates the story of the 19th Amendment and the nearly eighty-year fight for voting rights for women, covering not only the suffragists' achievements and politics, but also the private journeys that led them to become women’s champions. (NON FICTION JK 1898 C66 2018)

Fields, Armond. KATHARINE DEXTER MCCORMICK: PIONEER FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS (2003) Katharine Dexter McCormick fought for issues such as: birth control, abortion, equal pay for equal work, and freedom from sexual harassment. She fought for the right for women to vote and helped with the formation of the Women's League of Voters. (NON FICTION HQ 1413 M68 F54 2003)

Frost-Knappman, Elizabeth. WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE IN AMERICA (2005) Around 1800 the women's suffrage movement began in 1920 with giving women the right to vote. This book offers firsthand accounts of the women's movement through letters, speeches, and newspaper accounts. (NON FICTION JK 1896 F77 2005)

Ginzberg, Lori D. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON: AN AMERICAN LIFE (2009) This subtly crafted biography narrates the life of a woman of great charm, enormous appetite, and extraordinary intellectual gifts who turned the limitations placed on women like herself into a universal philosophy of equal rights. (BIOG STANTON)

Hill, Jeff. WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE (2006) Examines the history of the women's suffrage movement and its impact on American life and society. Features include narrative overview, biographical profiles, primary source documents, detailed chronology, and annotated sources for further study. (NON FICTION JK 1896 H54 2006)

Knight, Louise W. JANE ADDAMS: SPIRIT IN ACTION (2010) Jane Addams (1860-1935) was one of the leading figures of the Progressive Era. Addams also involved herself in a long list of Progressive campaigns. Her rhetorical skills as both speaker and writer made her internationally recognized as a supporter of civil rights, woman suffrage, and labor reform. (BIOG ADDAMS)

Krass, Peter. SOJOURNER TRUTH (1988) AR: 3.0; BL: 8.4; Traces the life of the former slave who could neither read nor write, yet earned a reputation as one of the most articulate and outspoken anti-slavery and women's rights activists in the United States. (BIOG TRUTH)

Lumsden, Linda J. INEZ: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF INEZ MILHOLLAND (2004) Inez Milholland was a suffragist of the 1910s and a crusader for women’s rights. She promoted social change and she epitomized the independent New Woman of the time. She died at the age of 30 while fighting for suffrage in California in 1916. Inez Milholland’s death inspired years of militant protests by the National Woman’s Party which led in 1920 to ratification of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. (NON FICTION HQ 1413 M55 L86 2004) Monroe, Judy. THE NINETEENTH AMENDMENT: WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE (1998) AR: 4.0; BL: 8.6; Traces the history of the women’s rights movement in the United States which culminated in 1920 with the passage of the constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote. (NON FICTION KF 4895 Z9 M6 1998)

Neuman, Johanna. GILDED SUFFRAGISTS: THE NEW YORK SOCIALITES WHO FOUGHT FOR WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE (2017) New York City's elite women who turned a feminist cause into a fashionable revolution. In the early twentieth century, over two hundred of New York's most glamorous socialites joined the suffrage movement. These women were the media darlings of their day because of the extravagance of their costume balls and the opulence of the French couture clothes, and they leveraged their social celebrity for political power, turning women's right to vote into a fashionable cause. (NON FICTION JK 1911 N7 N38 2017)

Rogoff, Leonard. GERTRUDE WEIL: JEWISH PROGRESSIVE IN THE NEW SOUTH (2017) “It is so obvious that to treat people equally is the right thing to do," wrote Gertrude Weil (1879-1971). The story of a modest southern Jewish woman who, while famously private, fought publicly and passionately for the progressive causes of her age. From her hometown, she fought for women's suffrage, founded her state's League of Women Voters, pushed for labor reform and social welfare, and advocated for world peace. (NON FICTION HQ 1413 W4 R64 2017)

Todd, Anne M. SUSAN B. ANTHONY: ACTIVIST (2009) A biography of Susan B. Anthony, a woman who worked to bring equality to women and African Americans. (NON FICTION HQ 1413 A55 T63 2009)

Van Voris, Jacqueline. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT: A PUBLIC LIFE (1987) Carrie Chapman Catt played a large role in the organization of the bill giving women the right to vote. She devoted her life working for human rights. (BIOG CATT)

Walton, Mary. A WOMAN’S CRUSADE: ALICE PAUL AND THE BATTLE FOR THE BALLOT (2010) Alice Paul began her life as a quiet girl from a strict Quaker family in New Jersey. But as a young woman, an interest in social work brought her to England, where she apprenticed with the militant suffrage movement there, led by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters. Upon her return to the United States, Alice founded her own suffrage movement. Calling themselves "Silent Sentinels," she and her followers were the first protestors to picket the White House. In 1920, a woman's right to vote finally became law. (NON FICTION JK 1899 P38 W35 2010)

Wagner, Sally Roesch. THE WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT (2019) Comprised of historical texts spanning two centuries with commentary on each period by the editor, this book covers the major issues and figures involved in the women's suffrage movement with a special focus on diversity, incorporating race, class, and gender. (NON FICTION JK 1896 W65 2019)

Weiss, Elaine F. THE WOMAN’S HOUR: THE GREAT FIGHT TO WIN THE VOTE (2018) An account of the 1920 ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted voting rights to women traces the culmination of seven decades of legal battles and cites the pivotal contributions of famous suffragists and political leaders. (NON FICTION JK 1896 W45 2018)

WOMEN: OUR STORY (2019) This illustrated book reveals the key events in women's history--from early matriarchal societies through women's suffrage, the Suffragette movement, 20th-century feminism, and gender politics, to recent movements such as #MeToo and International Women's Day--and the key role women have had in shaping our past. (NON FICTION HQ 1121 W86 2019)

Zahniser, Jill Diane. ALICE PAUL: CLAIMING POWER (2014) Alice Paul has long been an elusive figure in the political history of American women. In 1913, she reinvigorated the American campaign for a constitutional suffrage amendment and, in the next seven years, dominated that campaign and drove it to victory with bold, controversial action, wedding courage with resourcefulness and self- mastery. (NON FICTION HQ 1413 P38 Z34 2014)

DATABASES

EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier - provides full text for nearly 1,700 magazines, 500 reference books, and primary source documents. This database also provides an image collection containing photos, maps and flags.

Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context – this premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration. This cross-curricular research tool supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue and help students develop information literacy, critical thinking skills, and the confidence to draw their own valid conclusions.

History Reference Center – a resource for U.S. history and world history, and for popular searches: Ancient History of China; Everyday Life: Middle Ages; Ancient Egypt; Everyday Life: The Civil War; Everyday Life: Ancient Times; Middle East; and Everyday Life: World War II. This resource also offers a world history image collection and video encyclopedia of the 20th century, plus a dictionary, citation help, research guide and curriculum standards.

Los Angeles Times Historical (1881-1990) - provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Illustrations and advertisements are included. Due to copyright restrictions the Historical Los Angeles Times is accessible in the Library only.

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